Paid Notice: Deaths
FISCHER, EDWARD P.

Published: July 6, 2007

FISCHER--Edward P., Treasurer Emeritus of the former Mobil Oil Corporation, died peacefully on Wednesday July 4th at his home in White Plains, NY. Ed was born on November 17, 1908 in Brooklyn, the youngest of three children. His brother Valentine predeceased him in 1997 and his sister, Louisa predeceased him in 1948. After completing high school in Brooklyn, he earned his bachelors degree in business at New York University. Ed began his career with Mobil Oil Corp. (then the Standard Oil Company of New York) in Long Island City, NY. He later joined the accounting department at the company's headquarters in Manhattan. Ed rose through the ranks, eventually achieving the position of Corporate Treasurer in 1959, and held the position until his retirement in 1974. Upon his retirement, he was appointed as a consultant with athe company for the next 10 years. Ed moved to White Plains in 1940. He was a member of the Westchester Hills Golf Club for more than 60 years, a portion of that time as treasurer and also serving on the Board of Directors. He was a member of Westchester Country Club for more than 25 years and served on the Board of St. Agnes Hospital in White Plains for several terms. He was predeceased by his first wife Margaret Kelly Fischer in 1934 and his second wife, Susan Kelly Fischer in 1972. Ed is survived by his wife of 28 years, Kathryn (Kay) Gahan Fischer, his daughter Margaret O'Grady and her husband, Terence of Wellington, FL and his three granddaughters, Maureen Delano and her husband Mark of Briarcliff Manor, NY, Ellen Maloney and her husband Tom of Granite Springs, NY and Cathering Jahn and her husband Albert of Lancaster, PA. Also surviving him are 10 great-grandchildren. Visitation for the family and friends will be held on Friday, July 6th from 2-4 and 7-9pm. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, July 7th at 10:30am at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in White Plains followed by interment at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, NY. Memorial donations in lieu of flowers may be sent to Hospice and Palliative Care of Westchester, 95 S. Broadway, 4th floor, White Plains, NY 10601. McMahon, Lyon & Hartnett Funeral Home Inc. 491 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains, NY 10605. (914)949-7777